Squire Boone's Station, 1779

Squire Boone's Station, 1779 (HM2IWZ)

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N 38° 12.663', W 85° 12.938'

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"Painted Stone" 2½ miles north on Eminence Road, thence, ½ mile west to site on Clear Creek. For nearly 2 years, only large station on the Wilderness Road, between Harrodstown and the Falls of the Ohio River. Ground plan found among papers of Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark. Disastrous attack by Indians 1781-re-occupied by the whites. First improved 1775-called "Painted Stone Tract" 1776.
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HM NumberHM2IWZ
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Year Placed1937
Placed ByThe National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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Date Added Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 656218 N 4230736
Decimal Degrees38.21105000, -85.21563333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 12.663', W 85° 12.938'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 12' 39.78" N, 85° 12' 56.28" W
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